Stockwell

Stockwell is a district in south-west Lambeth, London, England. Named for a local well located near a tree trunk (stoc in Old English), Stockwell was a rural manor from the 13th to early 19th centuries, when it developed as an elegant middle-class suburb. During the 20th century, social housing was constructed in Stockwell, which soon became a part of the working-class Lambeth borough.